Motivations and Stake Management in Producing YouTube 'Bro-Science' Videos for Baldness Treatment

January 2018 in “ International Journal of Web Based Communities ”

Andrew McNeill, Elizabeth Sillence

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Studysummary This paper discusses the motivations behind "bro-science" health videos on baldness, highlighting a sense of community and shared experiences among viewers and content creators, but reports no new clinical results.

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